Episode 160 is an exert of the last half of the most recent Metal Salvage chat w Joe from GAMA BOMB which is a video over on my Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH-BtARZJ6ZgzQeqiWK3diw it started off about glam bands turning to grunge in the 90s but the last section we turned to the modern concept of being a musician, is it possible? you can hear my vaguely drunken anger at the unfair situation pitted against Joe's calm stoner logic, I thought it might be kinda interesting for listeners of AA!! support the show over at http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill sponsored by Metal Blade records  https://www.indiemerch.com/metalbladerecords promo code AA 2023 for 10% off your order ships worldwide for professional band backdrops contact : yes@torodrops.com and use the promo code ALAN Primordial on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/0BZr6WHaejNA63uhZZZZek?si=-4UVUYiiQ5ahQ_U4_W4a2g Verminous Serpent https://open.spotify.com/artist/54Wpl9JD0Zn4rhpBvrN2Oa?si=Tf--gdXGTgC3QgpdhAWpJA Dread Sovereign https://open.spotify.com/artist/60HY4pl0nbOrZA6u2QnqDN?si=h5A0ZVNrRYazchmU6jtuXg Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This also appears as a video chat over on my Youtube channel, Chris recorded the Primordial albums 'To the nameless dead', 'Redemption at the puritans hand' and the new one! We discuss those albums, the recording techniques, pitfalls and adversities we had to deal with at the time among loads of other random tech nerd nonsense. Chris is also the bassist of the band CONAN so we get into their rise through the ranks over the last decade, which was done the old fashioned way, through getting in the van and getting out there touring.... support the show over at http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill sponsored by Metal Blade records  https://www.indiemerch.com/metalbladerecords promo code AA 2023 for 10% off your order ships worldwide for professional band backdrops contact : yes@torodrops.com and use the promo code ALAN Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Discussing Ireland new proposed Hate speech legislation, what it means for freedom of speech, civil liberties and the right to dissent. With many countries moving in lock step with similar plans what kinda of future are we headed for? Or am I just being a C theorist? support the show over at http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill sponsored by Metal Blade records  https://www.indiemerch.com/metalbladerecords promo code AA 2023 for 10% off your order ships worldwide for professional band backdrops contact : yes@torodrops.com and use the promo code ALAN Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 157 discusses Trey from Morbid Angel's onstage collapse last week in Florida, why this is harder than ever to cope and deal with as everyone onstage is being filmed at all times and sadly epic fails are more shareable than a great show. How in the past musicians had off days but escaped further scrutiny as no one was filming their every move. I discuss my own moments of onstage insanity, when is it time to embrace sobriety and can you rock n roll without the rock n roll? support the show over at http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill sponsored by Metal Blade records  https://www.indiemerch.com/metalbladerecords promo code AA 2023 for 10% off your order ships worldwide for professional band backdrops contact : yes@torodrops.com and use the promo code ALAN Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

AGITATORS ANONYMOUS PODCAST EPISODE 156 Black Metal 1993 - 30 years on Hard to believe that it's been 30 years since the class of 93 Black Metal, a year which saw so many incredible releases but strangely enough turned out to be maybe the last high point of BM in the 90s, just maybe.....Primordial contributed on some level that year with our demo 'Dark Romanticism' so I look back on the releases that made the year so memorable, being part of the cultural zeitgeist, tape trading, why Black Metal reacted to the path the rest of metal was taking and why my attitude towards it has not progressed one inch in over 30 years! and am happy to be a knuckle dragging neanderthal.....along with other random observations! support the show over at support the show over at http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill sponsored by Metal Blade records  https://www.indiemerch.com/metalbladerecords promo code AA 2023 for 10% off your order ships worldwide for professional band backdrops contact : yes@torodrops.com and use the promo code ALAN Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Inspired by a conversation with the artist behind the new Primordial album, I discuss the idea that in theory AI could replace all the creative links in the chain. A brief look at the first all AI band, could they play live? will younger fans be bothered and how close they already sound to many modern mainstream metal bands. Are 100s of millions of people fundamentally facing going from being used to useless in the workforce? Weren't we promised that AI would remove the tedious jobs not replace the creative jobs? and a back and forwards discussion about what's the difference between one artist learning from or being inspired by another and AI just harvesting data.....a brave new world awaits!!! support the show over at http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill sponsored by Metal Blade records  https://www.indiemerch.com/metalbladerecords promo code AA 2023 for 10% off your order ships worldwide for professional band backdrops contact : yes@torodrops.com and use the promo code ALAN Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

No MANOWAR no list..... Rolling Stone magazine just released a list of the top 100 greatest Heavy Metal songs of all time. I made a video of my reaction to that list, I went in blind, not knowing anything about it, scrolled through and comment. No idea who compiled it or any other background information! The video will be released on my Youtube channel next week but this is the audio of that reaction! Forgive the slightly different sound! support the show over at http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill sponsored by Metal Blade records  https://www.indiemerch.com/metalbladerecords promo code AA 2023 for 10% off your order ships worldwide for professional band backdrops contact : yes@torodrops.com and use the promo code ALAN Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 153 is a chat with Matt Bacon from DROPOUT MEDIA, BACON'S BITS and various music industry enterprises. We discuss the micro and macro of the modern music industry, advice for bands starting out, how to use social media to your advantage, scene examples of bands making it and moving up, Matt is a positive counter balance to my natural born pessimism. I'm not sure if we really get to the heart of all the things we mean to but one thing is for sure....Welsh Hen Party is indeed a terrifying sentence!!! support the show over at http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill sponsored by Metal Blade records  https://www.indiemerch.com/metalbladerecords promo code AA 2023 for 10% off your order ships worldwide for professional band backdrops contact : yes@torodrops.com and use the promo code ALAN you can find Matt at Twitter MattBacon@baconsbits_ http://www.music.dropoutmedia.net Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What you have to do before signing, sealing and delivering an album. Getting the balance right of the final mix, how important is the running order, IRSC codes, the artwork, the aesthetic. Thinking about the impact of the photos, the videos for the singles, and then having to sit on the music for months before it comes out, and then who knows, perhaps no one will like the damn thing! That and 20 other things to keep you awake at night. I also read a Primordial style lyric written by ChatGPT and finish with an article entitled 'Give me a humorous take on Black Metal' written by a machine!!!! damn you ChatGPT666 http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill sponsored by Metal Blade records  https://www.indiemerch.com/metalbladerecords promo code AA 2023 for 10% off your order ships worldwide for professional band backdrops contact : yes@torodrops.com and use the promo code ALAN Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Last week in the studio is trying to prep lyrics, study arrangements, avoid getting sick or a flu before singing, summoning the muse for an hour or two then sitting around pondering life's important issues, which is a better album 'Powerslave' or 'Somewhere in Time'? Attempting to get the artwork and aesthetic in line and finalise the running order. All this and a discussion about the latest merch controversy surrounding the band Igorrr and others, venues taking huge %'s of bands merch in an already difficult climate for artists to tour in....and more.... http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill sponsored by Metal Blade records  https://www.indiemerch.com/metalbladerecords promo code AA 2023 for 10% off your order ships worldwide for professional band backdrops contact : yes@torodrops.com and use the promo code ALAN Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 150! quite the milestone! and it seems fitting that this weeks podcast is made while Primordial is recording album number 10! so it's about amps, microphone techniques, which guitars we use, pedals, and various other heavy metal nerdisms! Politics can wait til another day! It also features near the end the famous Alan Averill remedy for kickstarting your voice if you lose it on tour or in the studio! support the show over at http"//www.patreon.com/AlanAverill sponsored by Metal Blade records  https://www.indiemerch.com/metalbladerecords promo code AA 2023 for 10% off your order ships worldwide for professional band backdrops contact : yes@torodrops.com and use the promo code ALAN Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As Primordial begins to record album number 10 this podcast is pretty self explanatory, ever wondered about what happens in the studio on day number 1! Some technical nerdy gear stuff and also how to prep, how to lurk, be absent and involved all at the same time! sponsored by https://www.indiemerch.com/metalbladerecords promo code AA2023 for 10% off worldwide Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode 148 I discuss Conspiracy theories, what do the two words mean anymore? just a slur to shut conversation or debate down, or do these ideas represent something more dangerous to society? I propose to the senate 10 rough rules for which any man, woman or creature of fortune can use to measure if a theory has conspiracy credentials! the show is sponsored by METAL BLADE RECORDS  indiemerch.com/metalbladerecords use the promo code AA2023 for 10% off your order Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are there are any rebels anymore in the music industry? in the wider culture at large? is it even possible. After spending the last few months only reading rock autobiographies and stories about some of music real characters, from Sly and the family stone to Brian Wilson to Iggy Pop, Sid Vicious to Neil Young, The New York Dolls to Johnny Cash and many more from the darkest annals of rock n roll mythology have we seen the last of their kind? Could you even get away with the things they did now? support the show over at http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill the show is sponsored by Metal Blade go to indiemerch.com/metalbladerecords and use the promo code AA2023 for 10% off your order Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A breathless consideration of the case of mid 90s metal, did the underground have the life sucked out of it by the forces of capitalism, of success, of aspirations beyond its station? did the scene lose its hunger and energy? if so what were the contributing factors, all mulled over after 4 pints of afternoon Guinness so things are a bit giddy and all over the place. Blame Arthur..... http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill sponsors : Metal Blade Records goto : indiemerch.com/metalbladerecords and use the promo code AA2023 for 10% off your order Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 145 is a chat with an old friend, John Cobbett from HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE, ex Lord weird slough feg, Vhol, Ludicra among many others. One of the most under rated metal curiosities of the last two decades, 'The Locust Years' was for example just added to the Decibel Magazine hall of fame, probably one of the greatest bands you never heard of! We get into all sorts of stuff, recording analog compared to digital, San Francisco in the old days before gentrification and silicon valley, the occupy movement, surveillance capitalism, the reason why you never make any royalties from record contracts, you goddamn name it we get into it.... the band just self released their new album so check it out right here and support the band https://hammersofmisfortune.bandcamp.com/ to support the show go to : http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill the show is sponsored by Metal Blade go to http://www.indiemerch.com/metalbladerecords and use the code AA2023 for 10% off all purchases ships worldwide Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode I nurse a brutal hangover and dish out a spicy curry, maybe not a Vindaloo but a Madras at least. Have we as a society lost faith in our institutions, what happens when we do? Is politics merely pantomime now, Hollywood for the ugly, as they say. Do we have any say anymore in the future our technocratic political class have for us, and did we ever? All mulled over with a grumpy disillusioned brain fog that only 10 pints of Guinness can do for you.... support the show at : http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill sponsored by http://www.indiemerch.com/metalbladerecords promo code AA2023 worldwide for 10% off your order Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

E 143 is the first chat of the year and strap yourselves in, it heads for deep space! I'm joined by Paul from BLOOD INCANTATION, one of the fastest rising death metal bands of the last decade. Uniting old school and new school fans BI are something of a modern revelation, managing to unite scenes and ages, we discuss that, Pauls complex musical tree, their now infamous episode of What's in my bag the Amoeba records show, how death metal resurrected itself commercially from the mid to late 00s doldrums and for the last half of our chat we head for conspiracy theories, aliens, graham hancock, deep state collusion over extra terrestrial contact, and ancient civilisations.....! support the show over at http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill check out the new orchestral version of the Primordial classic 'As Rome Burns' right here https://youtu.be/StWwHf6vyfU Primordial on Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/artist/0BZr6WHaejNA63uhZZZZek?si=ToKJ7vY5QcKExKJmjm4uXw and Blood Incantation : https://open.spotify.com/artist/6FGv87WQ3mJWn3cmLUww6x?si=4T-Tfs3FQdeyAKB5RAf2ew Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The songwriting process is well under way for the new Primordial album, so i thought it would be interesting to take a look at how that works, can you learn intuition when it comes to songwriting, what should you trust and the skill of knowing you are going down a blind alley and taking everyone with you. How to fry and find piece of mind and the right frame of mind to let the ideas flow uncluttered by the detritus of modern life! Next week I'll discuss the practical things you can do when coming up to record, but this one is about being prepared! fail to prepare, prepare to fail!! support the show over at http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 141 is part 2 of a look back over 2022, this time from a musicians perspective, the ending of lockdown, tours and gigs returning, the hesitancy of people to attend, vaccine dilemmas for musicians and the industry, conformity in the metal scene at large, spiralling energy and travel costs for both musicians and fans, who can survive that into 2023? but also let's hear it for how much great music was being made in the underground, in alternative sub cultures away from the mainstream and what we need to do to keep those scenes, venues, festivals, and tours alive, what does 2023 hold? AI avatar popstars? an analog rebellion? all in Episode 141 http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.